Well, I'm outta here for the night. Say what you will when I leave the room. But anyway, I've turned up the temperature on the rivalry with this thread. My work here is done. Bring in the trolls, got things to do! Evening all....

Like I posted the other day, the Yankees are on a similar curve to the Red Sox, only a couple years behind

LOL, the Yanks made it to the second round of the playoffs last year, when is the last time bosox have done that?

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PS...Neat trick there babe. You know, how you cut off the reasoning of what I said and just posted the bare statement so you could laugh at it? NY made it to the second round last year thanks to a lame and very lucky Baltimore team getting in, but everyone and their dog knew they were completely overmatched and were going to get smoked by Detroit--which they did. Throw big time money at your aging team, or you're going to be looking up at Toronto, Tampa and Baltimore for a while. Anyway, I'm gone my friend, post what you will, I won't be here to read it. Got things to do......

Well, I'm outta here for the night. Say what you will when I leave the room. But anyway, I've turned up the temperature on the rivalry with this thread. My work here is done. Bring in the trolls, got things to do! Evening all....

Like I posted the other day, the Yankees are on a similar curve to the Red Sox, only a couple years behind because some of their signings panned out better--ie--Sabathia instead of Lackey and etc. I don't see where NY has a whole lot this year that's what I'd call scary. Other than an aging and overworked Sabathia your rotation is questionable, and other than Cano so is your lineup. Tiexiera has been regressing, Jeter is old as dirt, Arod is out most likely for the year, and who's in your pen? An 80 year old Rivera? Maybe Roberston, but not much else. The only thing that might keep NY from bottoming out is that they simply have more money to throw at the problems, but Stienbrenner and Cashman will be less likely to go that route than they have been in years past. In a couple years I might ask you the same question about the Yankees "since 09", and get a similar answer to the one you are trying to get from me.

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I haven't even begun to bloviate sheriff ;-)

yet they deleted my post already

just said that I agreed about hardtimes coming to yankeeland

but that it had nothing to do with the topic

which exam was so concerned that we stayed strictly on topic of the OP

Like I posted the other day, the Yankees are on a similar curve to the Red Sox, only a couple years behind because some of their signings panned out better--ie--Sabathia instead of Lackey and etc. I don't see where NY has a whole lot this year that's what I'd call scary. Other than an aging and overworked Sabathia your rotation is questionable, and other than Cano so is your lineup. Tiexiera has been regressing, Jeter is old as dirt, Arod is out most likely for the year, and who's in your pen? An 80 year old Rivera? Maybe Roberston, but not much else. The only thing that might keep NY from bottoming out is that they simply have more money to throw at the problems, but Stienbrenner and Cashman will be less likely to go that route than they have been in years past. In a couple years I might ask you the same question about the Yankees "since 09", and get a similar answer to the one you are trying to get from me.

I haven't even begun to bloviate sheriff ;-)

yet they deleted my post already

just said that I agreed about hardtimes coming to yankeeland

but that it had nothing to do with the topic

which exam was so concerned that we stayed strictly on topic of the OP

just minutes ago

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It's the revenge of Smiley, who incognito (he put on a shirt), volunteered for the job of board moderator.

Well, I'm outta here for the night. Say what you will when I leave the room. But anyway, I've turned up the temperature on the rivalry with this thread. My work here is done. Bring in the trolls, got things to do! Evening all....

what about apologizing to carnie 4 calling him a nyyfan

sure I don't think it's insulting but he might

pike's been calling me a closet nyy fan since I first started posting here. :-)

Even in the years the Sox weren't very good, the rivalry was alive and kicking - primarily because the egos of the Yankee fans are so big, that winning championships wasn't enough - they had to have the best player to go along with those rings, and the Sox always seemed to stand in their way.

Jeter vs Nomar, Boggs vs Mattingly, Munson vs Fisk, DiMaggio vs Williams - the Yankees always wound up with the short end of the stick. They just had a really hard time accepting that a city with 5% of NYC population always laid claim to the players best in the game.

Even in the years the Sox weren't very good, the rivalry was alive and kicking - primarily because the egos of the Yankee fans are so big, that winning championships wasn't enough - they had to have the best player to go along with those rings, and the Sox always seemed to stand in their way.

Jeter vs Nomar, Boggs vs Mattingly, Munson vs Fisk, DiMaggio vs Williams - the Yankees always wound up with the short end of the stick. They just had a really hard time accepting that a city with 5% of NYC population always laid claim to the players best in the game.

Sad, really.

RUKIdding me? I have never, ever,heard a NYY fan complain about this. You only wish. What's sad is the obsession with the NYY by RSN, and your post in general. Until 2004, this was the most lopsided rivalry in sports, just ask Shaughnessy & Ryan. As far as the player comparisons, they're beyond laughable, although I'll give you Boggs in part due to Mattingly's back.

All it's going to take to bring back the rivalry is for one team or the other to throw at the opposing players, a cleat high slide into either home or second, or a good old fashioned bench clearing brawl with fists a'flying. I recommend all three.

That would happen with any 2 teams, and given they're all MLBPA buddies protecting each other's PED pocked hides, much less likely than it used to be.

All it's going to take to bring back the rivalry is for one team or the other to throw at the opposing players, a cleat high slide into either home or second, or a good old fashioned bench clearing brawl with fists a'flying. I recommend all three.

That would happen with any 2 teams, and given they're all MLBPA buddies protecting each other's PED pocked hides, much less likely than it used to be.

True. But all we need are a player from each team that just don't like each other even though it would be much better if both teams hated each other. Love is the worst thing for baseball. Maybe it will happen after Papi and Jete retire. To dream.

I don't see it. I'm guessing Jeter dislikes ARod more than anybody on the Red Sox. In fact, in a recent RS-NYY game (2011, I believe, when Youk was still on the RS), Youk got plunked, then Jeter a couple of innings later. When Jete got to 1st Base, he said to Youk in a good natured way, FY (or something similar) , and Youk cracked up, like buddies would, Speaking of, I wonder if Brady, his brother-in-law, and brother-in-law's new teammate watched the SB together; here's saying probably. (Recall, on NFL.com, when they were counting down the 100 greatest, a sports or entertainment figure gave commentary for each player; when it was Brady's turn, it was Jeter who gave the commentary, FWIW)